DeepSourcevsGitar
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
DeepSource
DeepSource · Code review agent
#64MCP
Panel
6.11 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 5.0
- Longevity
- 6.8
“It detects committed secrets, which is mostly a tool for finding out which of your colleagues commits secrets.”
Gitar
Sonar · Code review agent
#67
Panel
6.11 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.8
- Usefulness
- 6.7
- Cost
- 5.8
- Longevity
- 6.0
“Free for OSI-licensed public repositories, so it will fix your side project and invoice your employer.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | DeepSource | Gitar |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Code review agent | Code review agent |
| Runs | cloud | cloud |
| Platforms | web | web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | Yes | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | YesAutofix commits corrections back to the pull request. | YesGitar commits fixes to the branch and can auto-approve or block merges on the Pro tier. |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini | undisclosed |
| Bring your own model | YesBYOK for AI Review, with inference on your own infrastructure, is an Enterprise-tier feature. | Yes"Bring Your Own LLM API Key" is listed as an Enterprise-tier feature only. |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | seat |
| Starts at | $24/mo | $20/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | n/a | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | DeepSource | Gitar | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.5 | 6.8 | Gitar — Pick Gitar if your reviewers are drowning and you want a bot that argues back in the thread; pick CodeRabbit if you only want the comments. |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 5.8 | DeepSource — The automatic correction commits back to the pull request, so a wrong fix becomes a commit with your pipeline's approval and your author's name near it. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 6.5 | no preference |
| La Inversora | 7.5 | 7.0 | DeepSource — A $24 per-user subscription with review metered per processed line on top, and bring-your-own-inference held back for the enterprise tier, is a well-designed expansion ladder. |
| La Jefa | 6.3 | 6.5 | Gitar — Core is $20 and Pro $40 per user per month, so sixty engineers is $1,200 or $2,400 before anything else, and self-hosted code hosting is Enterprise only. |
| El Hacker | 4.0 | 4.0 | no preference |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.